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14-year-old charged with 2025 murder of Eric A. Albert

September 9th, 2026 | Tags: Eric A. Albert murder charge shooting teenage RVIPF
The late Eric Alexis Albert. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged a 14-year-old male with the murder of airport fire officer Eric A. Albert, who was fatally shot in the Greenland area on June 20, 2025. Photo: Facebook/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged a 14-year-old male with the murder of airport fire officer Eric Alexis Albert, who was fatally shot in the Greenland area on June 20, 2025.

In a press release today, September 9, 2026, the RVIPF said that as part of the investigation, officers conducted a search operation at a residence in the Greenland area on June 27, 2025.

During the operation, an AR-15 assault rifle and a quantity of 5.56 calibre ammunition were recovered. Three individuals were arrested in connection with the firearm recovery.

The 14-year-old was subsequently charged on June 28, 2025, with firearm-related offences in connection with the recovery and was remanded to His Majesty’s Prison.

Murder charge

Following continued investigations into Albert’s murder, the teenager has now been charged with Murder, the RVIPF stated.

It added that the teenager was taken back to His Majesty’s Prison, where he will remain pending his return to the Magistrate’s Court. A date for his return will be scheduled.

The RVIPF has continued to encourage anyone with information that may assist with this or any investigation to contact the Intelligence Unit at 368-9512 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 8008477 (TIPS). All information provided will be treated with the strictest confidence, the RVIPF stated.

41 Responses to “14-year-old charged with 2025 murder of Eric A. Albert”

  • FIRE (09/09/2026, 16:36) Like (52) Dislike (4) Reply
    Force him to say where he get that rifle from.
    • @FIRE (09/09/2026, 18:37) Like (22) Dislike (2) Reply
      YEP. THEY NEED TO BEAT HIS ASS UNTILL HE TRLL THEM WHO GOVE HIM THE GUN
      OR SYARVE HIS ASS UNTILL HE SPEAK.
      • @@FIRE (10/09/2026, 07:35) Like (14) Dislike (9) Reply
        He could go out and kill a man, he can take a good stomping down for a couple of hours until he talk. Better yet, strip him down naked and put him in a room with the AC blowing at full blast for a hour or two. Bet he will talk, Island people can’t take cold.
    • titus (09/09/2026, 21:08) Like (5) Dislike (6) Reply
      You cannot force him to say that. Keep it real
      • @titus (10/09/2026, 05:47) Like (18) Dislike (2) Reply
        Yes they can. He was forced to pull the trigger and kill a man old enough to be his father. Yes, strip and beat or water board his backside until he tell them where he got the gun and who show he how to use it.
      • jerome (10/09/2026, 10:33) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
        @ Titus. They probably used him because he is underage and wouldn't get the long prison sentence that a mature man would. They probably promised to pay him well, and being young and dumb, he believed them.
  • Hey wiggie (09/09/2026, 16:40) Like (7) Dislike (45) Reply
    Is it one ah dem island people again ? If so please tell us the country the fella ftom , so we call holler out and blame the whole country and throw some dirt on the country . They come here and spoiling our peaceful territory with their criminal and dirty culture .
  • Pre than likely (09/09/2026, 17:17) Like (17) Dislike (19) Reply
    The 14 year old is a ANCHOR BABY. The majority of these children in the BVI is ANCHOR BABIES born to down Island and Santo women. Get mad if you like, don’t care!!!!!.
    • So true (10/09/2026, 05:53) Like (7) Dislike (5) Reply
      This place is infested with anchor children just like the place is infested with STD’S and HIV.
  • One big mess (09/09/2026, 17:33) Like (15) Dislike (0) Reply
    14 years old, someone give him the gun and send him to green light the dude. He is not going to say who send him to green light the dude because they are going to unalive his family.
  • Bullshit (09/09/2026, 17:47) Like (3) Dislike (13) Reply
    You charge him on the what evidence.

    No line up or eye witness pointing him to the crime just hear say.

    Dpp you gonna lose this one watch and see
  • 007 (09/09/2026, 18:32) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    What if it was not him?
    You gotta make sure. Just saying... What if it was not him?
    How do we make sure.
  • uh (09/09/2026, 19:07) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    That's a paid job sealed and settled That's advantage in it's highest level
  • WOW (09/09/2026, 19:13) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Them hold 3 . 2 ball out i don't want go hail it was he
  • cnn (09/09/2026, 19:24) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    to call him a child??? He doing big boy wuk
  • Scary Times (09/09/2026, 19:45) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
    14 years old and killing man for what he worked hard for. Unreal.
  • okay (09/09/2026, 20:42) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    Sad sad dad. Dear Jesus
  • Be careful y’all (09/09/2026, 20:53) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
    They are getting the young boys to pull the trigger if they want to get rid of you. A lot of these murders here in the BVI, it is those teenage boys and girls that they are paying to pull the trigger.This is why I don’t want anything to do with those young boys and girls. I go the other way when I see them. Not all is bad, I avoid the ones that is always in the streets morning, noon and all time of the night.
  • Laslow (09/09/2026, 21:49) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
    So young, when I was 14 i was interested in girls not guns and killing people. Such a shame, who are his parents?
  • Not surprised (09/09/2026, 22:24) Like (18) Dislike (0) Reply
    Not surprised

    Our current culture cause this

    Our youths are easily impressionable and we still continue to promote our new "culture" that is infested with vulgarness, fast life behaviour, anti police, smoking, drinking, being promiscuous, protecting predators who work around kid's etc

    We literally had local artist on stage with big gold chains bragging about their fast life and having multiple partner's.

    We have young girls and women proudly shouting "she luv gun man, " she luv badman" then those same people and them friends will come online crying stop the violence. Them know who the gun man is but crying stop the violence. I'll never take the party crowd seriously



    Gunshots sounded off and murders happened during festival and nobody stopped the partying for a second. Shows how desensitized we are becoming.



    Plenty youths attending those events a many of young boys throwing up gun signs with them fingers alongside the half naked minors and women.



    Our culture stinks and it's the source of the problem. If you look and see who defends the current culture is dudes with big chains, women who dress half naked, single mothers, unmarried women, smokers, people who love to party, and predators. There opinions on the current culture is clearly biased cuz they are a product of it and continue to benefit from it.



    All the young people wearing ski mask at the events what you think y'all promoting??




    This is just the tip of the ice burg if you only know the kinda men working in public abusing those young minors who have no self respect and standards



    The current culture teach low self respect , zero morals, anti police, vulgarness , promiscuous behavior, drinking, smoking and partying your problems away, broken homes, single parent homes , unmarried women, women who are attracted to "gunman" "badman"

    • @not surprised (10/09/2026, 06:31) Like (7) Dislike (5) Reply
      The BVI has turned into a cesspool. The only way this place is going to start getting any better is the BVI have to do mass deportation like America and other Countries is doing.
      • Interested (10/09/2026, 09:33) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
        What nationalities would you suggest should be up for deportation??
        • Unpopular But True Opinion (10/09/2026, 10:11) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
          Spanish, jamaicans, trinis, everyone not from here
      • I in the streets (10/09/2026, 10:55) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
        It’s Tola people commit most of the killings recently is the Tola man dem put all sort of money on people head think about it how can someone come to your country and take over yall streets that make sense ? Unless Alyuh cowards and speak up for the wrong thing yall enable all of this
  • No matter (09/09/2026, 22:35) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    He acted like a big man and killed someone now he have to be a big man and take his punishment. I bet he in jail crying for mommy.
  • facts (10/09/2026, 02:08) Like (20) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well done RVIP! Now to make the charges stick. Also, prosecute the parents like they do in the US? They should also be held accountable for the actions of their thug youth.
  • Wow. Wow. (10/09/2026, 05:58) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Won't be surprised that an adult, especially a lady who think they clever using this under age little boy to do this... Thinking if he get caught his punishment will be minor or forgiven...Hope police making sure he talk everything...Giving Scato's fry chicken to eat when he is hungry, .
  • guy hill (10/09/2026, 07:15) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    At not surprised. You are on to something real in the virgin islands, the wider Caribbean and the world. Many are in denial but this is real.
  • Raw, Unfiltered, and Unvarnished (10/09/2026, 09:05) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    The young 14- year old has been charged with murder but still he is entitled to due process; he is innocent until proven guilty by a jury of his peers. Nonetheless, the Virgin Islands (VI) (British) has a serious violent and property crime issue. How did the VI get here?

    An African proverb popularized by Hilary Clinton:It takes a village to raise a child. The VI adopted and practiced the proverb at once time. However, regrettably, unfortunately, the village and its positive benefits have been lost, replaced with something very costly, eg, a 14- year old sitting at HMP awaiting trial for murder. Nuff said. At one time, the village could correct a child. But that is no more, for if a villager tries to correct a child, the parents will be on your r@$$ like white on rice. So we reap what we sow. Progress brings the good, the ugly, the bad.
    • Big Sis (12/09/2026, 08:09) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      I thought Tortola or British law was that you are “guilty and you have to prove yourself innocent “
  • Karnage (10/09/2026, 09:31) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    Boss, you get piece of wife yet? What going on in these young people minds meh son
  • Speak with sense (10/09/2026, 10:48) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    How are you gonna force a minor to talk the lawyer gonna chew Alyuh up in court if that ever happen
    • @Speak with sense (10/09/2026, 15:26) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      Oh hush, who cares what the lawyer thinks. The lawyer only care about getting paid. His client is going to prison anyway you put it. Watch how he is going to have him in court looking like a innocent choir boy
  • Captain Obvious (10/09/2026, 11:44) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    we are in troble, a 14 year old doing a muder
  • Don’t give a darn (10/09/2026, 12:13) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    The truth hurts eh? You santos and down Island is famous for coming here illegally or overstaying your time and laying up with the local men, getting pregnant out of spite, pushing a belly and giving birth to the anchor babies so you can get status and a green card to stay in the Country. WHO THE CAP FITS LET THEM WEAR IT. Do a survey on the schools in the BVI AND SEE HOW MANY ANCHOR CHILDREN IS IN THOSE SCHOOLS. THE BVI WENT TO THE F DOGS.
  • sad society (11/09/2026, 15:34) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    The youths are sadly misguided. It’s sad that this young boy made a criminal decision that significantly changes his life forever. He was conditioned and manipulated into believing he could take someone’s life and there would be no consequences for him. I pray he learns the lessons from this tragic incident and can receive the guides ever youth deserves.

    The Native BVIslanders in the comments are sounding similar to White American patriots who vote for Trump. Talking about anchor babies and “down islanders”. Xenophobic for what?? I think people forget that there are individuals who seek a better life for themselves and may migrate to pursue that. There is nothing wrong with that. The world is diverse and we are meant to embrace that and welcome other cultures especially when they contribute to our society. Generalizing and blaming “down islanders” like you’re not an islander also from the Caribbean! The comments are promoting more violence requesting from law enforcement to torture the still underaged child which then perpetuates the cycle of violence. He was misguided, conditioned and the adults around him should be held accountable as well for neglecting to be protective. The person especially who made the rifle accessible for that young boy. This is a social issue within the society as a whole. It’s a crime issue not an immigration issue. Discriminating against one’s nationality because you perceive where they are from as more dangerous makes you dangerous well. It’s xenophobic. I’m curious why be hateful towards immigrants if you happily visit their countries too? Don’t go anywhere then. Stay home on our tiny island with it’s limiting resources. Keep limiting yourself and others see far you’ll go. Being judgmental and closed minded that keeps our territory slow to growth and expansion. The energy is toxic and it’s not because of immigrants, your attitudes multiplies the violence. It starts with each of us. At this point there needs to be a major violence prevention campaign or something. Sadly it feels like the world is coming to an end because we hate each other. I pray we find peace.
  • ky (16/09/2026, 23:57) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Pumpkin still around ?


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